Associations between short-term exposure to gaseous pollutants and pulmonary heart disease-related mortality among elderly people in Chengdu, China

• Main Authors: Jianyu Chen (Author), Jie Zeng (Author), Chunli Shi (Author), Ruicong Liu (Author), Rong Lu (Author), Suling Mao (Author), Li Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pulmonary heart disease (PHD) has become a global burden, especially in low- and middle-income countries. However, very few studies have assessed the influence of air pollution on PHD. This is the first study to explore the association between gaseous pollutants and PHD-related m...